The Joshways

Tonight's headliners The Joshways, have to be one of the most overrated bands in the UK right now. Tonight's performance was predictable, choreographed and rather cartoon-like in its rock-by-numbers stage antics. The Joshways could be any garage band tonight, two boys for the girls, and one girl for all the guys to leer at. With an image that's straight from the Topshop 2005 catalogue, it's bland to the highest degree.

What might be encouraging is that so many people here tonight are younger than 18. If any of them choose to pick up a guitar and knock together a few chords, they can rest assured that they'll probably be better than at least one group of adolescent impostors. And they know who they are.

Hmmm... I never licked this first time. Or I jsut ignored it. Anyway...

Tonight's performance was predictable, choreographed and rather cartoon-like in its rock-by-numbers stage antics.

The way I see it, that's kind of accurate... You went to 15 gigs on that tour didn't you? With regards to the actual gigs, other than York and Middlesbrough were there any differences at all? Billyista jumped into the crowd at the exact same points in the exact same songs each night, Billyista and Four Strings Cooper swapped over sides of the stage during instrumentals at the same point every gig. They probably even went the same way (ie Billyista forward and Four Strings Cooper backwards or vice versa) each night.

I loved (almost) every minute of (almost) every gig on that tour, but I have to say that the reviewer has a point...

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They are grinning at being entertained by Tim & Four Strings Cooper Subway, who start off at a furious pace with “Suburban Disaster”, “With You” & “Shake/Shake”. The focus of thousands of wet dreams, Four Strings Cooper bounces entertainingly across the stage.

By the end of the Autumn tour last year I knew what was gonna happen and when it was gonna happen. I'd arrive at the venue and the first thing I'd do is have a look at what Billyista will climb up/on and where he'll stage dive from.

It was predictable, but really that was my fault for going to so many. I can't expect them to change the way they play a set jsut because I was there.

I may have spoke to you about this, Garth and I have definitely talked about it (alot), but I still enjoyed every single minute of every gig. Well the ones that I can remember

I think that's part of the reason I couldn't be bothered going to so many in September.

Rickerface @ 26 Oct 2006, 07:47 PM wrote: It was predictable, but really that was my fault for going to so many. I can't expect them to change the way they play a set jsut because I was there.

I may have spoke to you about this, Garth and I have definitely talked about it (alot), but I still enjoyed every single minute of every gig. Well the ones that I can remember

squirrel, I agree completely. Or entirely. One of the two.

I suspect the same will happen for be with The Hedrons (it kind of is already, since they play pretty much the same setlist every night, and the fact that I've got a copy of said setlist on my wall doesn't help matters ). But I think (at the moment, at least) their stage show is much less "theatrical". Ok, Tippi gets into the crowd for the final two songs, as does Chi for the final jam bit at the end of Once Upon a Time, but the rest of the set seems... fresher I suppose.

Although that might be because I've only seen them seven times as opposed to the Joshways' 30

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